Gallow Knowe
Gallow Knowe ABE R NO238164 1 362 120m
? Gallowhill 1541 RMS iii no. 2460 [common pasture in several places, including Gallowhill; this may be the same place as Gallow Knowe; see Denmylne ABE, above, for more details]
? Gallowhill 1646 RMS ix no. 1691
Gallow Knowe 1888 x 1914 OS 6 inch 1st revision [not on OS 6 inch 1st edn]
Sc gallow + Sc knowe
‘Small hill where gallows are erected’. It lies beside the course of the old road from Abernethy, which goes past Macduff’s Cross NBH, then on through the Ochils towards Cupar and St Andrews.[30] This very visible position was typical of gallows sites. There is now a disused quarry on the north side of the knowe.
This place-name appeared in printed volume 4